My first hf rig was a borrowed HW8 qrp rig that I used with a 15 meter
dipole in the attic. The hw8 could be tuned for maximum output by watching
for the peak on the meter. As a totally blind person naturally I couldn't
see the meter. My work-around was the fact that I got a bit of rf into a
table-top radio. It sounded like a hum in the speaker. I would just tune
for maximum hum. I made a bunch of cw contacts on the 15 meter novice band
using that setup.
Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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